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LAN photo and video editing speeds
I am happy with my current FreeNAS setup running 9.2.1.6 on a 3.1ghz i3 with 16GB ram and 8x 2TB drives. However, after speed testing my FreeNAS, which is mostly used for media storage, I found it was...
View ArticleWould I benefit from a dedicated SSD ZIL?
Hey all, The guide suggests checking with zilstat. I loaded up a worst case write load of 6 simultaneous HD recordings (MythTV writes to my FreeNAS box) as well as some other miscellaneous writes that...
View ArticleInstallation stuck at menu
Hello, I'm trying to install FreeNAS via ISO over a KVM and it boots correctly with no errors and then comes to the console menu. I hit enter for Install/Upgrade and the screen changes as if its going...
View Articlecan't ping to jail but jail can ping to internet
Hello all I'm new to the whole freenas solution so maybe i'm going to ask a stupid question. Also newby on FreeBSD system. I want to have a good reliable NAS solution. So i was looking around and came...
View ArticleNew here, looking for critique before ordering
I'm looking to build a FreeNAS server for home network storage, Plex streaming & transcoding (to 2 clients), and running some newsgroup/torrent clients. I've planned out the following: Fractal...
View ArticleIs constant small amounts of disk activity normal
While I realise there will constantly be activity as I'm running 5 jails, CIFS, etc. I have noticed my disks reading or writing every few seconds which has started recently. I have switched off all my...
View ArticleAFP problems
I have a couple of problems with my FreeNAS server, one of which dates from upgrading to 9.2.1.6 (from a much earlier version but I can't remember which one) and one of which has resulted from...
View ArticlePlex - "Require authentication on local networks" setting not working
I have a FreeNAS-9.2.1.6-RELEASE-x64 running the Plex Media Server plugin. (I've actually tried this with two versions, plexmediaserver-0.9.9.7.429-amd64 and plexmediaserver-0.9.9.12.504-amd64). This...
View ArticleFehler bei Einrichtung von RAID-Z2?
Hallo zusammen, ich beschäftige mich schon seit einiger Zeit mit unterschiedlichen NAS-Systemen, bei ZFS stehe ich allerdings völlig am Anfang. Nun bin ich auf ein Problem gestoßen und benötige mal...
View ArticlePlex update (again)
Hi all, I've seen this issue being reported many times but it's the first time I try updating Plex so I was wondering whether there is a fix or not. (I'm currently running 9.9.12.504). Basically I've...
View ArticlePlugins/Jails or File Permissions?
Hey All! Thanks for attempting to read this. Now to get into the gritty. I've followed this article on the web: Blog post on BitTorrent's website Created the btsync user and group on the nas like the...
View ArticleNew Build Critique
I will be moving away from a Synology DS411+ to FreeNAS. I plan to stream 1080p content to multiple devices via Plex so I went with the Xeon E3. Based on all my research here, great site, I'm thinking...
View ArticlePlugin - service status not working
Fresh install of FreeNAS-9.2.1.2-RELEASE-x64 New install of Plugin crash plan version 3.6.3_1-amd64 New install of Plugin owncloud version 6.0.1 I'm not able to "Turn On" the service status button in...
View ArticleNew To NAS
Hi All, I New here, and new to NAS or any type of serve, So I'm very lost LOL I plan on using the NAS to store and share my music across my home network. I have a few questions about NAS 1) If I start...
View ArticleFreeNAS 9.2.1.7 is now available
Hi folks, Well, we said 9.2.1.6 would be the last in the 9.2.1.x series, but CVE-2014-3560 (a possible remote Samba exploit) forced us to change those plans. Come and get it from here, as usual! While...
View Article[FreeNAS 9 Plugins] - SAB / SB / CP / HP / Maraschino / HTPC / Mylar / LL /...
SABnzbd / SickBeard / CouchPotato / Headphones / Maraschino / HTPC-Manager / Mylar / XDM / LazyLibrarian NOTES & TODO INSTALLATION & SETUP SOURCE ... [FreeNAS 9 Plugins] - SAB / SB / CP / HP /...
View ArticleLarge transfers over CIF always fail.
Hello. Hate for my first post to be about a problem but I really need help here. First of all let me say I'm on my second freenas build. The first one I built was a sort of proof of concept. Specs were...
View ArticleImprove Plex Transcoding image quality
I know that this is for the plex forums, but i aleary tried and not even 1 view. https://forums.plex.tv/index.php/topic/113744-improve-image-quality/ i read that you can tweak the server config file...
View ArticleSimultaneous UNAVAIL and FAULTED disks
Whilst I was trying to hot mount a disk[1] on my FreeNAS box today one drive in my raid-z3 went UNAVAIL and another FAULTED with 77 write errors. I'm guessing I must have fat-fingered a cable (or...
View ArticleCan the Plex Media Server plugin make use of Intel QuickSync?
There are some Xeons out there that support QuickSync, Intel's hardware video transcoding solution. Plex, at least in some of its other forms, support QuickSync for transcoded streaming to devices....
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